[opendtv] LPTV News
- From: "Bob Miller" <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:56:18 -0400
The Community Broadcasters Association was in DC recently and this was
part of their report to members on that visit today. Notice the
statement at the end, "allowing LPTV operators to try different
digital standards." and the "voiced a concern that the current 8-VSB
digital
standard is will be shortlived".
You bet!
I hear the C word was actually mentioned. Also mentioned that those
converter boxes, which LPTV stations actually could use, should be
upgradeable. And they mention that LPTV stations were allowed in the
past to do internet services and this precedent should be a "guide" to
allowing different digital standards.
It was that precedent, Acellernet, that got me involved in broadcasting.
From the email...
"Greater Flexibility in Engineering and Operating Standards. As noted
in the previous posting, we urged the Commission to allow for greater
flexibility in engineering and operating standards for LPTV and Class
A digital stations (i.e., A-VSB, MPEG-4 upgradeability), as our
members are usually some of the more innovative operators and may
find innovations that benefit all television operators. Many of
our members have voiced a concern that the current 8-VSB digital
standard is will be shortlived and want to be on the forefront of the
evolution of the broadcast digital standards. We emphasized with the
FCC that previously Congress allowed for a handful of LPTV operators
to operate internet services on their frequencies and that this
precedent should guide the FCC in allowing LPTV operators to try
different digital standards."
Love it!!
If one LPTV station is allowed to do any COFDM modulation in the US it
is curtains for 8-VSB.
Man the baricades 8-VSB folks.
Bob Miller
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